ZAMBOANGA CITY – Government troops have seized some 500 bags of smuggled rice being transported in two trucks in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, officials said Monday.
Officials said the trucks were stopped by soldiers in the village of Upper Calarian near the military’s Western Mindanao Command headquarters. The confiscated rice shipment was handed over to the Bureau of Customs.
Officials did not say who owns the shipment, but it was the second rice seizure since last month after troops also confiscated 1000 bags in Arena Blanco village here.
Most of the rice shipment came from nearby Sabah in Malaysia and is being sold between P600 to 750 per bag of 25 kilos and is cheaper than commercial rice which is between P965 to P1300 per bag. (Mindanao Examiner)
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